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Latgalian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tatas, from Proto-Indo-European *tatás. Cognates include Latvian tētis and Lithuanian tėtis.
Pronunciation
Noun
tēte m (diminutive tieteits or tieteņš)
- (colloquial) dad, daddy
Declension
Declension of tēte (type 5 noun)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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tēte
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tētis, tētes1)
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| genitive
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tētis, tētes1)
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tēšu
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| dative
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tētei, tētem
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tētem, tēšom1)
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| accusative
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tēti
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tētis, tētes1)
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| instrumental
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tēti
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tētem, tēšom1)
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| locative
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tētē, tētī1)
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tētēs, tēšuos1)
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| vocative
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tēte, tēt
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tētis, tētes1)
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| 1) dialectal
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References
- A. Andronov, L. Leikuma (2008) Latgalīšu-Latvīšu-Krīvu sarunu vuordineica, Lvava, →ISBN, page 10
- Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 24